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Rwanda makes internet sharing mandatory

As East African internet outages continue, the Rwandan government told telecommunications operators and ISPs on Monday [5 March 2012] to "provide seamless redundancy and diversity of internet bandwidth to guarantee service".

This move will benefit users who have suffered over the past three weeks, since underwater fiber optic cables were clipped.

"This will allow automatic sharing of bandwidth between operators at pre-negotiated prices to avoid service interruptions in case of any breakdown," the government said in a statement.

Read the full story on www.itnewsafrica.com.

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